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Cooperativa industrial en la energía renovable

Vea la infográfica.
La planta empleará a 90 personas en Barceloneta e inyectará $40 millones a la economía.
Por Marie Custodio Collazo / mcustodio@elnuevodia.com
La necesidad es la madre de la invención, y para dos empresas boricuas el alto costo de la electricidad ha sido la oportunidad perfecta para aventurarse a ensamblar en la Isla un sistema de [...]

Why Treasure Island Is the Super-Green City of the Future

A blighted island in San Francisco Bay could become the world’s hottest property, a showcase of sustainable design. With cities now consuming 75 percent of natural resources, it’s just in time.

This scale model of San Francisco’s Treasure Island shows the mix of dense housing, a canopied retail area and a convenient ferry terminal that will [...]

The Detroit Electric is Back!

by Jorge Chapa

Step right in ladies and gentlemen, and gaze at the marvels of modern technology! Allow us to show you the most amazing car of the century: The magnificent Detroit Electric, the car of summer luxury! This 100 year-old antique electric car will be available in early 2009 from ZAP and China Youngman Automotive [...]

A Solar Grand Plan

By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions
By Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis
Scientific American Magazine - December 16, 2007

Solar Two experimental solar power plant.
Key Concepts

A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power plants could supply 69 percent of [...]

World’s largest tidal power project coming to Korea

by Mahesh Basantani

If there’s one thing we can depend on it’s the rising and falling of the tides. Up until very recently, tidal power has been a severely underutilized renewable energy source, but this won’t be the case much longer with the announcement of the world’s largest tidal power project in South Korea. A collaboration [...]

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